Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200122398 - Employee killed when struck by falling steel beam

Accident Summary Nr: 200122398 -- Report ID: 0523400 -- Event Date: 05/06/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305277931	05/06/2003	1791	238120	Danny'S Construction Company, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 1:45 p.m. on May 6, 2003, Employee #1, an ironworker, and a coworker were rigging steel beams to be picked and flown to the sixteenth and seventeenth floors of a construction project. They were rigging two steel beams using a multi-lift/Christmas tree method. Each beam was 28 feet long and weighed 600 pounds. Employee #1 was struck and killed by the bottom beam in the rigging when the beam disengaged from the choker.

Keywords: RIGGING, STEEL BEAM, IRON WORKER, STEEL ERECTION, STRUCK BY, CHOKER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	18	240	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305277931			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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